Top lift for shoe heels



March 26, 1940. J, E, AEH 2,195,352

'ror LIFT FOR SHOE HEELS Filed June 23, 1939 glvwemfcva UNITED STATES Patented Mar. 26, 1 940 OFFICE TOPIJFT FQ sfno-o HEELS. I John in. Aeh, Portsmouth, 'Ohi'o." Application June.23, 1939, Serial N0. 280,87(l 2 cloimsjko 3 -42) This invention relates to a lift for shoe. heels; .An object of the invention is the provision-of a device for easily snapping into place a lift for shoe heels'in which the lift will be rigidly held I inxposition against displacement and in which the elements connecting the lift to the bottom of the heel will be entirely enclosed within the- Anotherobject of the inventionis the provision ot'a lift which may be readily applied or removed, from a heel when desired in which a pair of separable fasteners are employed .for con-., meeting the lift to the heel so that when it isnecessary to substitute a new lift for an old one the lift may be purchased with the connector or fastener already attached and applied to the heel after the old one has been removed.

f, A'further object of the inventionis the provision of:a heel and a readilyremovable lift in which a metallicmember is embedded in a countersunk portion'of the bottom of the heel so. that the outer-face of the metallic member will be flush with the outer surface of the bottom of the heel, said metallic member being endless and having a tongue projecting inwardly with the free end of the tongue being reduced to be received by a notched end of asecond member secured upon the inner face of the heel lift, the endless memberopposite the tongue being provided with a notch to receive prongs projecting from the opposite ends of the member applied to the lift, the construction being such that when the heel lift is locked-in place the connecting member on the heel lift will be received within the center of the endless member so that no parts of the two connecting members will appear at the surface of I the heel.

wards the bottom of a heel which may be formed of wood or any composition material showing a connecting plate countersunk in the bottom of the heel,

Figure 2 is a view in perspective of a lift having. acooperating connecting member applied to the inner; surface thereof,

Figure 3 isva side view of the heel partly in section-showing the lift removably connected to the bottom of the heel, 5

' Figure 4 is an enlarged bottom plan view of the heel with a connecting countersunk into the said heel, l I

Figure 5 is..a plan View of the lift and its con? necting. member, I -.Figure 6 is a View inperspective of the connecting member which is applied to the bottom of theheel, .4 o v Figure 7 is a view inperspective of the connecting member applied to the lift, and Figure 8 is afragmentary enlarged vertical section showing the connecting. members in operative relation for attaching a lift to the bottom of a heel.

Referring more particularly to the drawing, l designates a heel which is formed of wood,

leather or some composition material and. to.

which is adaptedto be attached alift H formed of any suitable material which may be leather or rubber.- The lift is ordinarily nailed or cemented to the'bottom face l2ofthe heel..

A metal connecting plate, generally designated I by the numeral I3, is connected by nails or other suitable securing means in a pocket or countersunk portion l formed in the bottom of the heel as shown more particularly in Figs. 3 and 8.

. The plate consists of an annular metallic member which is substantially semi-circular, as shown at I6, with a bar I1 connecting the ends of the semi-circular member. The bar and the semicircular member areformed in one piece.

Intermediate the ends of the semi-circular member is provided a notch 20 from which projects a sharp pointed tongue 2! and'this tongue terminates short of the inner periphery of the semi-circular portion l6 and projects inwardly towards the bar l'l.

The bar (Fig. 6) is provided with a pair of slots 22 which are cut through the upper surface of the plate, leaving thin strips 23 of metal at the outer surface of, the bar for a purpose which will be presently explained so that when the member I3 is seated within the pocket I5 in the heel l0 and is secured thereto the strips 23 in connection with the bottom of the countersunk portion l5 will form a pair of pockets.

A U-shaped connecting member generally designated by the numeral 25, is provided with perforations 26 through which are inserted tacks, nails or other suitable securing means for atoij taching the U-shaped member to the inner face of the lift I l. A finger 21 projects from the bight portion 28 of the U-shaped member and the free end is provided with a notch 29 to receive the reduced or sharpened end 2| of the tongue 20.

the bar I1 of the member I3 and these prongs are made sufficiently thin so that when the mem-- ber is forced into place there will be sufficient resilience to permit the member 25 to be tightly fitted in position within the open space 33 formed in the endless member l3.

The member 25 is of the same thickness or slightly thinner than member 13 so that when the lift H is snapped into position on the outer face 12 of the heel Ill, the inner faceof the lift H will be in snug relation with the'outer face l2 of the heel i0.

When the member I3 is placed in the position shown in Fig. 1, then the connector 25 is secured to the inner face of the lift H and His only necessary to position the lift on the bottom of the heel so that the prongs 32 will be received within the slots 22 of the bar I? of the'member 13. The lift will then be tilted outwardly from the bottom of the heel-adjacent the breast 34 of the heel. The inner end of the lift is then moved towards the bottom of the heel and when sufficient pressure is applied the rounded edge at one sideof the notch 29 on the tongue 21 will be forced over the reduced end 2| of the tongue 20 and the lift willnot only be secured in place against displacement but due/to the fact that the prongs 32 are snugly fitted between the bottom face IZof the heel Ill and the strip 23 and also due to the fact that the tongue 29 being received within the notch 29 of the finger 21, the lift will snugly engage the bottom face of the heel and will be securely held in place against displacement during walking.

As has been stated, when it is necessary to apply a new lift to the heel, the worn lift is forced away from the heel at the back and then removed. The connecting means 25 may be removed from the old lift and appliedto a newv lift and returned to locked position on the bottom of the heel. Ordinarily the connecting members 25 are attached to the lifts so that it is only necessary to remove the old lift and apply a new one and a new connector to the heel. As has been stated, the connector 25 may be removedand supplied to other lifts so that the connector may be used a number of times.

I claim:

1. A detachable heel for shoes comprising a metallic keep'er including a substantially semicircular mernb-er and a cross bar connecting the ends of the member, said member intermediate the ends thereof having a notched portion, a

sharp edged tongue located in the notched portion, said bar having spaced slots, means securing the keeper in acountersunk portion of the heel, a heel lift, a U-shaped member secured to the inner face of the lift and having prongs projecting from the ends of the legs and received by the slots in the bar, a finger projecting from the bight portionvof the U-shaped member and provided with a notch at the free end to receive the sharp-edged'tongue for locking the lift to the heel.

2. A detachable heel for shoes comprising a keeper including anendless member provided with an inwardly projecting tongue having a reduced free end, said member opposite the tongue being provided with a slot, means securing the keeper in a countersunk, portion of the heel, a heel lift, a connecting member secured to the inner face of the heel lift and adapted to be received by the endless member, a prong projecting from one end of the connecting member and received by the slot, a finger projecting from the opposite end of the connecting member and provided with a notch at the free end adapted to receive the reduced free end of the tongue when the finger is forced over the tongue.

JOHN E. AEH. 

